POMPEY, a clown and servant to Mistress Overdon. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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I'm going to be a clown in a circus when I grow up.. - from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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LAVACHE, a clown and Servant to the Countess of Rousillo. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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end his part in peace the clown shall make those laugh whos. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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As he was reflecting in this wise, his eyes fell upon an immense placard which a sort of clown was carrying through the streets. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

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A hundred of them had, according to their habit, jumped upon the steps without stopping the train, with the ease of a clown mounting a horse at full gallop. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

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Then it flashed on me--'The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his broad with unwashed hands, may be her husband Heathcliff junior, of course. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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Jesus, there's always some bloody clown or other kicking up a bloody murder about bloody nothing. - from Ulysses by James Joyce

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Speed fortune then her wheel, as likes her best, The clown his mattock all things have their course.. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri

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Living among clowns and misanthropists, she probably cannot appreciate a better class of people when she meets them. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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Finally it occurred to them that their naked skin represented flesh-colored "tights" very fairly so they drew a ring in the sand and had a circus--with three clowns in it, for none would yield this proudest post to his neighbor. - from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)